Walter Ray Williams Jr. Wins Third Consecutive Title Williams Defeats Fellow Hall of Famer Danny Wiseman 229-227 MOORESVILLE, N.C
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MAY 9, 2019 CALIFORNIA 7502B Florence Ave, Downey,O CAWLING 90240 • Website: CaliforniaBowlingNews.com • Email: [email protected] N • Office:EWS (562) 807-3600 Fax: (562) 807-2288 Walter Ray Williams Jr. Wins Third Consecutive Title Williams defeats fellow hall of famer Danny Wiseman 229-227 MOORESVILLE, N.C. said Williams, who left the – Walter Ray Williams Jr., 3-6-10 in the fifth frame the Professional Bowlers and 3-6 in the seventh New PBA Console Video Association’s all-time PBA frame. “The right lane was Tour career titles leader, a little tighter for me, so I won the PBA50 Moores- thought I needed to hit the Game To Debut In The Fall ville Open presented by the ball a little more at release The PBA and FarSight launch of the game and Mooresville Convention & but the reaction I got was Studios have partnered to PBA Hall of Famer Randy Visitors Bureau and Storm totally unexpected. create an official PBA- Pedersen will provide in- Wednesday to start the “In the ninth frame I licensed console video game commentary during 2019 season with three con- Champion Walter Ray Williams Jr. & Proprietor Paul Kreins moved one board left and game. The game will fea- all the action. secutive wins and record Tour titles. winner bowling in his sec- that was the right move,” ture dozens of venues and Due out in late Fall his 14th career title, tying In a dramatic comeback ond PBA50 Tour tourna- Williams added, after be- playing environments, 2019, the game will be him for the all-time career effort in the title match, the ment, had an opportunity to ing down as much as 28 quickplay and local multi- available for PC (Steam), titles record in PBA’s tour 59-year-old Williams, who win the match with a strike pins in the match. “You’ve player modes, online lead- Nintendo Switch, PS4, for players 50 and over. was the top qualifier for the on the first ball in the 10th got to bowl well and get the erboards, E-Sports style Xbox One and Oculus. Williams, the Go Bowl- finals, threw the last five frame but left a 10 pin. breaks to win. I was able to online tournaments and A quick look at the PBA ing! PBA Tour’s all-time strikes of the match to beat “I came out of practice finish strong and caught a more. Pro Bowling can be found career titles leader with 47 fellow hall of famer Danny all lined up on both lanes, break when Danny left the More than 20 PBA pros here: https://youtu.be/ wins, tied John Handegard Wiseman 229-227. Wise- but things got a little tricky 10 pin in the 10th frame.” will be included in the d6MCnY4Uq6w. for most career PBA50 man, a 12-time PBA Tour in the middle of the game,” continued on page 11 Joel Carlson Wins First Shannon O'Keefe Claims Title at PBA50 Tour Title 2019 PWBA Twin Cities Open EAGAN, Minn. - Reign- After a 279-279 tie in title match, Carlson wins one-ball roll-off 10-8 ing Professional Women's TRENTON, N.J. – Af- Bowling Association Play- ter a 279-279 title match er of the Year Shannon tie, PBA50 Tour veteran O'Keefe of Shiloh, Illinois, Joel Carlson of Omaha, collected her first title of Nebraska, defeated PBA 2019 and ninth career vic- Hall of Famer Ron Mohr tory Saturday at the PWBA of Las Vegas, in a one-ball Twin Cities Open. roll-off 10-8 to win the O'Keefe relied on her PBA50 Hamilton Lanes & spare game throughout the Entertainment Center Open week at Cedarvale Lanes to presented by Columbia 300 earn the top seed for Satur- Sunday for his first title on day's stepladder finals, and PBA’s tour for players 50 she converted a 4 pin and and over. delivered a strike in her fi- Carlson and Mohr went nal frame to secure a 189- strike for strike through the 182 win over England's Champion Shannon O'Keefe first seven frames of the ti- Verity Crawley. with all of the hard work back 2-8-10 splits on the tle match until Carlson left PBA50 Champion Joel Carlson The 40-year-old right- I've put in." left lane earlier in title tilt. a 7 pin in the eighth. After Mohr, trying for his 11th just concentrated on keep- hander claimed the $10,000 Although O'Keefe's "I just missed them right making the spare, he fin- PBA50 Tour title, started ing the ball on line and top prize live on BowlTV. spare shooting was strong off my hand," said O'Keefe, ished the match with four the roll-off with an eight- throw the best shot I pos- com. throughout competition, it who also defeated Craw- strikes to force the roll-off. count when his ball went sibly could. I could never "It's incredible," said nearly derailed her in the ti- ley in the title match of Finishing the match first, high leaving the 4-7. Carl- have imagined winning my O'Keefe, a 15-time Team tle match. She missed a pair the 2018 PWBA Sonoma Mohr, the stepladder finals son took advantage of the first title this way.” USA member. "When the of 3-6-10 combinations on County Open. "I knew it top qualifier, threw the first opportunity by throwing a Carlson’s previous high tour started again, my the left lane through the the second it left my hand. nine strikes before leaving strike for the win. PBA50 Tour finishes were dream was to win one title. first seven frames, but still As the games progressed a 10 pin on his first ball in “I didn’t watch,” said third in the 2016 Sun Bowl Now, here I am sitting at maintained a slight advan- through each block, I was the 10th, made the spare, Carlson, when Mohr threw In The Villages and fourth nine and one step closer to tage in the match. quickly moving left and and then struck on his final his shot in the roll-off. in the 2018 PBA50 Lucas reaching my next goal - 10 She had built the lead balling down, so I knew I ball of the 10th frame. “When it was my turn, I continued on page 6 titles. It just feels so good after Crawley left back-to- continued on page 5 AMF Bowling Square Lanes Officially Closed Its Doors May 5 More Details Later PAGE 2 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM MAY 9, 2019 PBA Set to Launch Nine Event Summer Tour in June Incentives, schedule, FloBowling coverage figure to attract big names, offer unique opportunities for PBA players and fans CHICAGO – Much will be at stake when the 2019 Go Bowling! Professional Bowlers 1) The inaugural USBC Cup will reward the top five players in PBA Summer Tour Association (PBA) Summer Tour begins at the end of June. points with bonus cash prizes, including $20,000 to the points leader. Entry into an historic PBA event in China, a new FloBowling PBA ATX Invite special 2) The inaugural FloBowling PBA ATX Invite will award berths into a special event event and the inaugural United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Cup all rest in the bal- for the top eight PBA Summer Tour points leaders at Dart Bowl in the hometown of Flo- ance when the seven-city, nine-event PBA Summer Tour begins June 28-30, in Lubbock, Sports, Austin, Texas, on Sept. 21. First prize in the FloBowling Invite will be $25,000 Texas. and all participants in the event will cash. The Summer Tour then moves to Houston for the Storm Striking Against Breast Can- 3) The inaugural PBA China Tiger Cup will award the top eight PBA Summer Tour cer Mixed Doubles in July before the heart of the schedule in August with seven more points leaders with expenses-paid trips to Shanghai, Nov. 19-21, for a 16-player singles title events, punctuated by the FloBowling PBA Summer Swing presented by the brands event including eight Chinese bowlers, and a separate USA vs. China team match. All of Ebonite, in Aurora, Illinois, Aug. 24-31. players will cash in the PBA Tiger Cup singles event which offers a $20,000 first prize, All nine events will be streamed live from first ball to last by FloBowling. For sub- and in the team event the winning five-player team will divide $15,000. scription and schedule information visit www.flobowling.com. 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